Tele/Silo

[Spudmurphy]

I like the mod - reversible too!!

 

[marantz1300]

I also have another pickguard I cut for Tele pickups using the standard EBMM bridge. The bridge pickup cutout is a little bit further away from the bridge then I wanted . If anyone wants it I'll stick it in the post.

 

[John C]

I dont know if ash is an option.5stringer said these were a special run in 89/90. 40 were made with 20 coming to the U.K. One was sold on E Bay last week with a rosewood neck. But any Silo should be ok to mod.

EBMM doesn't offer the Silo in ash any more - unless they decide to use ash for some future BFR model. I don't know when it was dropped; probably sometime back in the 1990s.

Cool that you got one of the natural finish special runs; it really made a good candidate for the Tele/Silo experiment.

 

[agt]

Looks really nice. I'm sure it sounds great.

 

[NHsouthpaw]

I'd love to do that to an ASS, but obviously no going back on that one!

 

[candid_x]

An Axis Sport seems like an obvious candidate for the Tele mod, but there's something about that natural finish ash Silo that makes it a Frankenstein gone right.

 

[alba22]

That's exactly what the Albert Lee model needs

 

[Astrofreq]

I'm with you. Tele's feel awful in my hands. Probably the most uncomfortable guitar I've ever played.

 

[marantz1300]

I'd love to do that to an ASS, but obviously no going back on that one!

The sports with a pickguard might be o.k. if they have a swimming pool rout.

 

[azazael]

Looking good mate!
Great work!

Very interesting... I still think its just WRONG to hurt that poor Silo like that though lol...

Silhouette Mourners Club....

 

[marantz1300]

Looking good mate!
Great work!

Very interesting... I still think its just WRONG to hurt that poor Silo like that though lol...

Silhouette Mourners Club....

I'm realy enjoying it. Sounds great.
Its reversible. No holes have been drilled in the body or routs altered and I have made another full size pickguard that uses the Silo bridge. If one of you wants to try tele pickups, I still have a little piece of material left. So I'll cut one for you.

 

[candid_x]

I'd love to give it a go, but I'm not messing with either of my current silo specials. If I find another at a bargain, or even possibly a Sub, I'd seriously consider it.

 

[marantz1300]

Unfortunately I dont have a Silo Spec pickguard to use as a template.The full pickguard is just like a normal pickguard swap if it has pots ,switch and the pickups in. Its still a Silo,that just happens to sound like a Tele. I,m loving it.

 

[metal_terrorist]

Did you strip and clear coat that Silo yourself? I'd love to do that to mine. It's got some serious battle scars in some spots. That is totally cool lookin I say!

 

[marantz1300]

No .Thats just wear and tear.They are 18/19 years old and stock ,other than the Tele pickups.